Nov. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2831

And whereas agreements for the taking of the estate in fee-simple of the said land have been entered into, and it has been made to appear that such agreements are sufficient for the purposes intended to be effected thereby:

And whereas a plan has been prepared in duplicate showing accurately the position and extent of the said land, and the Minister of Public Works has recommended that this Proclamation should be issued:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by “The Public Works Act, 1908,” and “The Scenery Preservation Act, 1908,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for scenery-preservation purposes, and for a road in connection therewith, as aforesaid; and it is hereby declared that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the twelfth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

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SCHEDULE.

The parcels of land mentioned hereunder:—

FOR ROAD.

| 7 1 0 | Portions of Sections 99 and 98 | Yellow | XII | Wairoa. |
| 3 1 8 | Portions of Sections 227, 96, and 95 | Purple | XII | Wairoa. |

All in the Land District of Auckland; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 23656, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Land in Hukerenui Survey District taken for Scenery-preservation Purposes.

(L.S.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under “The Public Works Act, 1908,” and “The Scenery Preservation Act, 1908,” for scenery-preservation purposes:

And whereas all conditions precedent required by law to be observed and performed prior to the taking of such land for the purposes hereinbefore specified have been observed and performed:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by “The Public Works Act, 1908,” and “The Scenery Preservation Act, 1908,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for scenery-preservation purposes as aforesaid; and it is hereby declared that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the twelfth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

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SCHEDULE.

The parcels of land taken:—

All in the Land District of Auckland; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 23882, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eight.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Electoral Districts in which Poll shall close at 7 o’clock in the Afternoon.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this second day of November, 1908.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise of the authority vested in him by “The Legislature Act, 1908,” His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand doth hereby specify the several electoral districts herein mentioned as those in which the poll shall close at seven o’clock in the afternoon, that is to say,—

Auckland West. Motueka.
Auckland East. Napier.
Auckland Central. Nelson.
Avon. Oamaru.
Chalmers. Palmerston.
Christchurch North. Parnell.
Christchurch East. Riccarton.
Christchurch South. Thames.
Dunedin North. Timaru.
Dunedin Central. Waitaki.
Dunedin South. Waitemata.
Dunedin West. Wanganui.
Eden. Wellington North.
Grey. Wellington Central.
Grey Lynn. Wellington East.
Hutt. Wellington South.
Invercargill. Wellington Suburbs.
Lyttelton.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.